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While she is best known as a television and film actress, particularly for her role in the iconic noughties’ TV series The OC, Mischa Barton finds the most challenging and rewarding parts to play are in the theatre.

It’s hard to imagine that people had the courage, or foolishness, to start up a business without a phone. For most of the 1970s, if you hadn’t an old fashioned phone already, you were out in the cold for a period of at least nine months to two years. The Industrial Development Authority was howling with rage saying that new industries were interested in coming to Ireland, but laughed when they were told “ That’s grand. But, we’re sorry. At the moment there are no phones...”

"The more disorder there is in Cork, the more Kilkenny is thought of fondly as the land of milk, honey and contentment.

Don’t be stuck with nothing to do this weekend — Kilkenny Arts Festival has something for everyone and it is still churning out the events until the closing party on Sunday night.

Blindfolded and bound, a foot massage or dancing the night away with a professional dancer and his mother, it’s all a part of the extraordinarily varied theatre strand of this year’s Kilkenny Arts Festival.

Renvyle House Hotel has been gathering quite a few awards for its food over the years; the executive head chef Tim O’Sullivan has been the subject of much praise and produced a really good cookery book. All of this seemed a valid reason to spend a weekend there and see if it lives up to the publicity.

On Monday the public will have a rare opportunity to hear some of the Volvo Ocean sailors’ life stories.

On Monday the public will have a rare opportunity to hear some of the Volvo Ocean sailors’ life stories.

Kenny’s will celebrate a major milestone in 2010 as is the family’s 70th year in business and the world famous bookshop and gallery has a number of events planned to mark the occasion.